Donovan Childers, Software Engineer and Web Developer
Contact Info
Experience
Smartz Bend, Oregon
Software Engineer
- Responsible for several ongoing in-house and client projects.
- iOS and Android mobile application development using the Xamarin Platform
- Create custom background services to synchronize data with 3rd-party APIs automatically.
- Create custom websites and services from scratch for customers utilizing C#, Windows and PHP technologies and frameworks.
- Support in-house personnel on several custom and integrated systems.
Smartz Bend, Oregon
Web Programmer
- Utilized in-house Content Management System, e-commerce platform and Lucene search back-end to provide AJAX powered search functionality for site users, boosting online sales and usability of site.
- Built custom interfaces for front and back-end users.
- Extend functionality of in-house CMS by the use of the built-in API to create functionality not present in the system thus making it faster for clients to enter data.
- Integration of CMS with third-party e-commerce platform.
- Create robust client-side HTML, CSS3 and JavaScript for web-based in-store food and beer menu displays.
- Extend WordPress plugins with custom functionality without modifying core plugin code.
- Create custom PHP applications to aggregate multiple data points from in-house CMS for custom export feed.
- Integral member of team to discover and implement features into a custom in-house SEO-friendly Content Management System.
Smartz Bend, Oregon
Customer Service Specialist
- Provided technical support (via telephone, in-person and email) to corporate clients relating to CMS issues.
- Training on CMS to clients and end users.
- E-mail account support and troubleshooting.
T-Mobile Portland, Oregon
Associate – Retail Sales
- Sales and customer service support to new clients of T-Mobile.
- Consistently scored above 100% in ‘Secret Shopper’ surveys and marketing tests.
- Interaction with clients to identify optimal T-Mobile products suited to client desired requirements.
- Delivered customized solutions to clients and provided ongoing customer support.
Technical Skills
- Web Programming, Scripting and Software Development
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- C#
- .Net Core
- MVC / ASP.Net / Razor
- Entity Framework
- Team Foundation Server
- Xamarin
- PHP
- Apache
- WPF
- HTML5
- CSS, SASS/SCSS and LESS CSS
- JavaScript (plus ES2015)
- VueJS
- Vuex
- vue-cli
- jQuery
- NodeJS
- Bootstrap 3 & 4
- JSON
- AJAX
- XML
- XSLT
- Lucene
- Coding practices focus on SEO-friendliness and accessibility
- Software
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- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
- Xamarin Studio
- Sublime Text
- Notepad++
- Aptana Studio
- Eclipse
- Photoshop
- Database
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- MySQL
- Microsoft SQL Database
- CMS / Web Platforms
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- WordPress
- Magento
- Laravel
- Pixelsilk CMS
- BV Commerce
- Operating Systems
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- Windows NT/95/98/2000/XP/7/10
- OSX
- UNIX
- Linux
- Other
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- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Creative Suite
- product photography for client websites